summer

We have amazing friends. Honestly. The Friday before Memorial Day weekend SB gets a call asking to go to the beach for the weekend. Um. YES! The last few weeks of school are brutal for a teacher so I was in desperate need of a getaway. We packed, bought sunscreen, and hoped in the car by 8pm that night. 6 sleepy hours and one speeding ticket later we arrived in the middle of the night to the beach house. I could hear the waves in the distance. I swear I could live at the beach. I'm sure having sand in every place possible would eventually get old, but.....nah, it wouldn't.…

Here's the rundown: 1 - sick boyfriend. Tired, achy, pissed off stomach, sunburned, yuck. 1- sick boy. Warm, tired, achy, sore throat, sunburned, yuck. 1 - empty refrigerator + 1 messy apartment = 4 to 5 hours of 'chores' to do 1 - amazing weekend that makes it all worth it It started off with a night of bowling with the boys at 300 here in Dunwoody. We wanted to get warmed up before HBK's birthday party at the bowling alley next weekend. Saturday morning we got an early start. Chase went golfing with his uncle then had plans to spend the rest of the day at the pool with…

Summer is here which means relaxing time is a must. I do, though, have an almost 8 year old (how is that possible btw?) so part of our summer will include exploring the beautiful area we live in. Chase has a full list of things to see and do, but we started simple. Fernbank Museum of Natural History and Centennial Olympic Park to play in the water fountains! It was just the two of us, and we really enjoyed our day together. We were both in awe of the huge dinosaur replicas and I'm pretty sure I have a space geek in training! We came home and decked out his…

We have amazing friends. Honestly. The Friday before Memorial Day weekend SB gets a call asking to go to the beach for the weekend. Um. YES! The last few weeks of school are brutal for a teacher so I was in desperate need of a getaway. We packed, bought sunscreen, and hoped in the car by 8pm that night. 6 sleepy hours and one speeding ticket later we arrived in the middle of the night to the beach house. I could hear the waves in the distance. I swear I could live at the beach. I'm sure having sand in every place possible would eventually get old, but.....nah, it wouldn't.…

Here's the rundown: 1 - sick boyfriend. Tired, achy, pissed off stomach, sunburned, yuck. 1- sick boy. Warm, tired, achy, sore throat, sunburned, yuck. 1 - empty refrigerator + 1 messy apartment = 4 to 5 hours of 'chores' to do 1 - amazing weekend that makes it all worth it It started off with a night of bowling with the boys at 300 here in Dunwoody. We wanted to get warmed up before HBK's birthday party at the bowling alley next weekend. Saturday morning we got an early start. Chase went golfing with his uncle then had plans to spend the rest of the day at the pool with…

Summer is here which means relaxing time is a must. I do, though, have an almost 8 year old (how is that possible btw?) so part of our summer will include exploring the beautiful area we live in. Chase has a full list of things to see and do, but we started simple. Fernbank Museum of Natural History and Centennial Olympic Park to play in the water fountains! It was just the two of us, and we really enjoyed our day together. We were both in awe of the huge dinosaur replicas and I'm pretty sure I have a space geek in training! We came home and decked out his…

We have amazing friends. Honestly. The Friday before Memorial Day weekend SB gets a call asking to go to the beach for the weekend. Um. YES! The last few weeks of school are brutal for a teacher so I was in desperate need of a getaway. We packed, bought sunscreen, and hoped in the car by 8pm that night. 6 sleepy hours and one speeding ticket later we arrived in the middle of the night to the beach house. I could hear the waves in the distance. I swear I could live at the beach. I'm sure having sand in every place possible would eventually get old, but.....nah, it wouldn't.…

Here's the rundown: 1 - sick boyfriend. Tired, achy, pissed off stomach, sunburned, yuck. 1- sick boy. Warm, tired, achy, sore throat, sunburned, yuck. 1 - empty refrigerator + 1 messy apartment = 4 to 5 hours of 'chores' to do 1 - amazing weekend that makes it all worth it It started off with a night of bowling with the boys at 300 here in Dunwoody. We wanted to get warmed up before HBK's birthday party at the bowling alley next weekend. Saturday morning we got an early start. Chase went golfing with his uncle then had plans to spend the rest of the day at the pool with…

Summer is here which means relaxing time is a must. I do, though, have an almost 8 year old (how is that possible btw?) so part of our summer will include exploring the beautiful area we live in. Chase has a full list of things to see and do, but we started simple. Fernbank Museum of Natural History and Centennial Olympic Park to play in the water fountains! It was just the two of us, and we really enjoyed our day together. We were both in awe of the huge dinosaur replicas and I'm pretty sure I have a space geek in training! We came home and decked out his…